The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-11-18
CURRENT EVENTS.
AslorIa . o have ] atreet raIIway.


Astoria 10 70 have street railway.
A blacksmith's union was recently or.
ganised ut Helena, Montana.
Don VI Dickinson will accept the posi-.
ton Of Postmaster General.
The travel TO the Pacific Coast California
bound, has been large, most new corners be.
Ing ticketed for Southern California.
Lamar and Sparks are certainly at aouts."
One or the ether will probably retire.
George Rogers, waiter IN restaurant
at Council Bluffs, has just been left $4,000
BY Portland. Or, uncle. who recently died.
Chas Berry, oi England, has been called
% the pastorate Of Henry Ward Beecher's
Church Ia New York City.
Land Commissioner Sparks has resign.
ed. II may be said that Lamar made the
Sparks hy.
a skunk got into the water works at Eu.
gene last week, causing an unsavory time.
The whole systcfn had 70 be emptied and
deodorized.
Following are the new city officers Of Dali
las Councilmen--M M Eliis, w r Smith,
J ] Williams, G A Johns, T ] Hoyter. Mar.
shall n Grant Recorder--L r williams.
Lafayette, the home OF Mr.. Watts, who
did 80 much to get the amendment before
The people, cast ~ majority against prohi.
billion. by the way, where was Mr. W..
during the campaign.
The county seat Of YamhIli county will
be changed from Lafayette to McMInnviile
by 343 majority. Outside OF McMInnville
and Lafayette the vote was almost even.
The last term Of Circuit Court cost Crook
county about $1,000. II sent more men 10
the pcnltentlary than for many years past.
Governor Pennoyer has conpiimented
Judge Walker, OF Pendieton, on hls decis.
len In railroad case,and says he Is satisfied
ne made no mistake In appointing the Judge.
The total amount Of taxable property IN
Oregon Is about SS6,ooo,ooo. There Is as
much ~ that Ia Portland alone.
Waiter Sutton. editor Of the Gold Beach
Gassffe, at kllcnsburgh, Curry county, shot
and killed Thos Cunningham last Monday
Causc--family trouble. The Coroners jury
returned verdict Of juslifabIe homicide.
A meeting Of the board of directors OF the
Corvallis Agricultural College was held at
Portland Monday, and Il was decided to
fight the case against the College by the
members of the NJ z Church South to the
end
The Albany DEMocRAT, usually a very
correct and authentic journal, missed Il IN (
this item "Rey. j. II. Wilbur died at
Salem last Friday, at the age Of seventy six
years. This Is an error, unless the rev.
erend gentleman died twice Only once,
and then In Walla walla.
The following was the total vote III some
OF the cities ef Oregon last week and may
have some bearing on their population,
though In each case the suburbs make Il
uncertain East Portland was I.eoo Bak-
eF City, so0 /; Astoria, .oz7 Roseburg. .3oS !;
Jacksonville, ,zS7 Eugene City .89o Albany,
S5S Salem, 1908 Heppner, 337 Union,
336 The Dal.es. SSI !; Hillsboro, s3s Me-
Ainnville. 6so; Pendlcton, Ss7.
Last Sunday the o r & " Company
adopted their new time schedule, IN which
the passenger time 70 Omaha was shortened
just twenty.four hours. There will be two
passenger trains daily between Umaislla and
Alhlna. An effort Il being made 10 secure
mail clerks between Umatilla and A.blna.
BY the new schedule, time for mail Il short
ened one day for the round trip. Assistant
Generai Manager Buckley. Of the North
ern Pacific, 10 preparing new schedule for
his line which win go into effect shortly.
The following from the Walla WaIIa
SkakssRas viii be interesting news to Ben.
ton county men aDown In Benton ceun-
~, on the line 70 Yaquina Bay, there are
lot OF cattle In the hills which, not having
been looked after. have run wild, so in a
short time party OF hunters are going out
TO lay them low and bring In the meat for
winter use. Anyone wishing to take part
viii be welcomed. The Oregon Pacific
railroad will take them 10 Elk City on the
1aqutna river, where there Is . very nice
and clean hotel, much frequenied By hun
enjoyment. The whole country abounds
with pheasants, grouse, deer and an occas
ionai elk, Dear and cougar. On one occas.
ION. three OF us caught IoK pounds Of the
finest trout in one hour. II IL paradise for
sportsmen, who viii find all they can man.
age.